Job Overview
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Full job description
Psychologists provide care for people who have been traumatised in the face of natural disasters, conflicts, and sexual assault. They also provide psychological care for patients mentally exhausted due to prolonged conflicts and those who deal with long-term treatment of and discrimination against illnesses such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.
In some cases, a psychiatrist and a psychologist work together, while in other cases the psychiatrist takes the lead. Psychologists handle counseling training for local psychologists and psychological support volunteers. They take the cultural background of the country in question into consideration to provide a flexible, broad range of psychotherapy, including approaches such as cognitive-behavioural therapy and psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Most people who receive mental care speak the local language, so counseling is provided through an English- or French-speaking interpreter. Therefore, it is also important to provide guidance and training to local interpreters.
Activities
- Conduct individual consultation in clinical practice as a clinical psychologist
- Support programs and teams by proposing improvements in line with MSF’s goals and strategies
- Improve working environment as needed and coordinate team efforts
- Plan training for staff and conduct evaluations, supervision, etc.
- Refer patients to appropriate local facilities as needed
- Submit activity reports and manage data (patient files, forms, statistics, databases, etc.)
REQUIREMENTS
Compliance with the
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- Masters degree in Clinical Psychology and licensed to practice as a Clinical Psychologist
- Minimum of two years of diversified professional clinical experiences and appropriate type of clinical work completed, full time two years direct individual and group sessions in multi-disciplinary settings
- Professional experience in treating trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Experience with a range of psychotherapeutic methods/approaches such as systemic, cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, or client-centered
- Professional experience supervising, managing, and training staff
- Experience working in humanitarian settings and/or with vulnerable and culturally diverse populations
- Available for assignment for a minimum of nine months
- Current practising certificate and must display no recent gap in clinical experience greater than two years
- Willingness to abide by Médecins Sans Frontières medical protocols
Desirable
- Experience in child and adolescent mental health
- Experience with migrants experiencing trauma, internally displaced people, and/or refugees
- Experience providing counseling tailored to the needs of an individual, group, family, etc.
- Priority given to those with experience treating mental health conditions associated with one or more of the following:
- Sexual violence
- Substance abuse
- HIV/AIDS
- Tuberculosis (TB)
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SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
Please apply if your skills and experience match the requirements for this role and the for all international staff, listed above. Allow approximately 1 hour to complete to application.
Before starting the application, please prepare the following:
- CV
- Motivation letter
- Skills assessment form
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Job Detail
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Job ID 179232
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Download Job PDF Click here to download
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Name/Company NameMedecins Sans Frontieres Australia
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Websitehttps://msf.org.au/
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Start Date28.04.2026
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City700 Harris Street Ultimo 2007 NSW Australia
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How to apply?Applicants are required to create an account on Jobsrack before proceeding to the company website to complete their application. Interested candidates should also send their updated resume to office@sydney.msf.org